Elon Musk caused controversy during a livestream with AfD leader Alice Weidel, asserting that Adolf Hitler was a communist.
Weidel claimed Hitler had been mischaracterized as right-wing and instead labeled him as "a socialist guy," a view Musk seemed to support.
This statement starkly contradicts established historical evidence of Hitler's anti-communist and anti-socialist policies articulated in his autobiography, Mein Kampf.
The dialogue also included mentions of media control and free speech, as German intelligence monitors the conversation's compliance with Digital Service Act regulations.
As the AfD gains traction, Musk's associations with right-wing politics raise eyebrows, with local authorities viewing the party as a potential threat.